Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-05
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LAMAR S LOYALTY.
T,he~ secretsry Freely Speaks His ssen-
riHnents Concerning the Kebeliion.

The Secretary Freely Speaks His tsen-
Concerning the Rebellion.
Washington, Dec. Within the past
few days considerable discussion has
been evoked By . statement that Lamar's
confirmation as justice OF. the supreme
court would be opposed by the republic
eans al tue senate on tue ground of dis
loyal sentiments alleged to be enter
tanned by the secretary rendering him q
dangerous person to inject into the ne-
tionts highest tribunal. The statement
OF Lamar's views is based upon the fol-
lowing words used in the senate In reply
to Mr.. sherman, Jan. IL, 1885,,
We OF the south have surrendered
upon all questions which divided the
two sides in that controversy. We haYe
given up the right OF the people to
sscede from tins union. We have given
up the right OF each state to Judge for
itself tho infraotions of the constitution
and the mode of redress. We have
gwen up the right to control our
domestic institutions. We fought for
oil Of these, and WE lost in that con.
~sroversy; but no man shall in my pres
ence call Jefferson Davis q traitor With.
oNp ~ koSpoaOlIH UAtu n 6tCIu nuu GIL
phatic denial.
his views upon the results of the war
Ms. Lamar said:
Without discussing the point whether
/ may be 30 fortunate as to come before
the senate for confirmation OF any office.
4 may say that would be manifeetly
unfit for the bench under the present
condition OF things did / still entertain
the same view of thu constitution and
the rights OF states that [ held before
the war. But l do not, nor do this man
who participated with me in the seces.
sion. We have accepted the results of
she war and do not pretead to maintain
our theories of the time regarding the
sovereign rights OF the states or the CON
struction. What / meant when / denied
that Davis was q traitor WAS this: When
the constitution was formed, 1t wat ao-
cepted by separately constituted and
sovereign states as en- instr ument bind
ing them together in union and guar
anteelDg to each the separate and dis
tinetive powers. Had there been NO
additions to the union the constition
would todsysbear that construction and
the sovereignty OF the states have been
maintained. But We acquired large
tracts of country from France.
Spain and Mexico, and commemorative
which had had no hand in forming the
constitution became more numerous
than the original states, and their popu-
latIon far out numbered those whose
rights were guaranteed them by
this same instrument. Was il. unnatural
that WI differed al to the meaning OF
the constitution or that, finding disagree
ment inevitable, we were. compelled to
submit to the arbitration of warp. We
maintain that up to the close of that
war se%ceeslonists were no traitors, for the
trsitor is only false to an accepted agree.
mont OF both sides. We accepted the
result Of the war, gave up orr sovereign.
ty as states and found ourselves merged
into one great nation. The states gave
up all that they claimed. We would be
TRAITORS nov to oppose the present order
OF sfirzs. NJ yieR is that we we're NO.
traitors then and that is what I meant
by defending Mr.. Davis in the words
thst | did.
A thorough canvass among republican
senators now IN town reveals nothing
but the most kindly feeling toward La
mar and q disposition to. give him q
speedy confirmation. Lamar's friends
here think that his speedy and emphatic
condemnation of Jackson's wlldEpeeoh
al MaconFought to convince the most
skeptioal Of his siHcere belief in the
established order of things.
swell, jackson made an ass OF him-
self yesterday said a newspaper man
to Lamar after the famous yawp.
mo he didn't, no he didn't replied
the secretary promptly. "The Almighty
saved jackson that trouble a great many
years ago.